RBT PRACTICE EXAM ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS); AGRADE
a child walks into his house with sandy feet from the beach. His father
ask him to wipe his feet on the mat. instead, the child runs around the
living room saying, " you can't catch me, Daddy!" his father catches him
and makes him sweep up the sand in the living room, and then sweep
the entire house. what punishment procedure is the father using with
the son?
a. time out
b. overcorrection
c. response blocking
d. negative punishment - correct answer- b. overcorrection
a curious child always gets in mom's makeup and hair stuff before
school. usually she just plays with the lipstick and mascara but today she
tried to touch her mom's curling. the curling iron was still on and burnt
the child's a hand. the child immediately removed her hand. what is this
example of?
a. conditioned punisher
b. unconditioned punisher
c.generalized conditioned punisher
d. punishment - correct answer- b. unconditioned punisher
,a DRL is used when:
a. you want to increase the occurrence of a behavior
b. you want to decrease, but not completely elimination, the occurrence
of a behavior
c. you want to completely eliminate the behavior
d. the behavior is never appropriate or safe to engage in - correct
answer- b. you want to decrease, but not completely elimination, the
occurrence of a behavior
a mother sings, " you are my sunshine, my only sunshine" to her children
as she drops them off at school. They finish the song with " You make me
happy when skies are grey". which verbal operant does this
demonstrate?
a. mand
b. tact
c. listener responding
d. intraverbal - correct answer- d. intraverbal
a toddler has tantrums in the morning when she is denied juice. after
she cries for 10 minutes her mother usually gives her juice to calm her
down. the mother takes her coursework and starts to study behavior
analysis. she decides to no longer to give juice to her daughter when she
tantrums. the first few days, the toddler tantrums more severely than
ever before, biting her mother's leg and hitting her brother. eventually,
, she learns to mand for juice when she wants it. the increases in
behaviors she displayed is known as:
b. response blocking
c. extinction burst
d. procedural extinction - correct answer- c. extinction burst
a women's partner nags her endlessly about cleaning the floor.after
being nagged about cleaning, the woman is more likely to clean the floor
to quiet her nagging partner. nagging is an example of:
a. positive reinforcement
b. negative reinforcement
c. negative punishment
d. positive punishment - correct answer- b. negative reinforcement
addie listens to a new popular music album 6 times a day. her roommate
Amanda likes the artist, but can't listen to the album so frequently. she
decides to reinforce addies with handful of candy if Addie waits more
than 6 hours between listening to the album before playing it again. why
type of differential reinforcement is she using?
a. DRA
b. DRO
c. DRL
d. DRI - correct answer- c. DRL
CORRECT ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS); AGRADE
a child walks into his house with sandy feet from the beach. His father
ask him to wipe his feet on the mat. instead, the child runs around the
living room saying, " you can't catch me, Daddy!" his father catches him
and makes him sweep up the sand in the living room, and then sweep
the entire house. what punishment procedure is the father using with
the son?
a. time out
b. overcorrection
c. response blocking
d. negative punishment - correct answer- b. overcorrection
a curious child always gets in mom's makeup and hair stuff before
school. usually she just plays with the lipstick and mascara but today she
tried to touch her mom's curling. the curling iron was still on and burnt
the child's a hand. the child immediately removed her hand. what is this
example of?
a. conditioned punisher
b. unconditioned punisher
c.generalized conditioned punisher
d. punishment - correct answer- b. unconditioned punisher
,a DRL is used when:
a. you want to increase the occurrence of a behavior
b. you want to decrease, but not completely elimination, the occurrence
of a behavior
c. you want to completely eliminate the behavior
d. the behavior is never appropriate or safe to engage in - correct
answer- b. you want to decrease, but not completely elimination, the
occurrence of a behavior
a mother sings, " you are my sunshine, my only sunshine" to her children
as she drops them off at school. They finish the song with " You make me
happy when skies are grey". which verbal operant does this
demonstrate?
a. mand
b. tact
c. listener responding
d. intraverbal - correct answer- d. intraverbal
a toddler has tantrums in the morning when she is denied juice. after
she cries for 10 minutes her mother usually gives her juice to calm her
down. the mother takes her coursework and starts to study behavior
analysis. she decides to no longer to give juice to her daughter when she
tantrums. the first few days, the toddler tantrums more severely than
ever before, biting her mother's leg and hitting her brother. eventually,
, she learns to mand for juice when she wants it. the increases in
behaviors she displayed is known as:
b. response blocking
c. extinction burst
d. procedural extinction - correct answer- c. extinction burst
a women's partner nags her endlessly about cleaning the floor.after
being nagged about cleaning, the woman is more likely to clean the floor
to quiet her nagging partner. nagging is an example of:
a. positive reinforcement
b. negative reinforcement
c. negative punishment
d. positive punishment - correct answer- b. negative reinforcement
addie listens to a new popular music album 6 times a day. her roommate
Amanda likes the artist, but can't listen to the album so frequently. she
decides to reinforce addies with handful of candy if Addie waits more
than 6 hours between listening to the album before playing it again. why
type of differential reinforcement is she using?
a. DRA
b. DRO
c. DRL
d. DRI - correct answer- c. DRL
